In February 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not report any work stoppages involving 1,000 workers or more. At this time, the Bureau of Labor Statistics Work Stoppages program has decided that recent protests in Wisconsin and other States--that may have disrupted some government operations--is not within scope of the program and they will not be tracked as a labor/management dispute.

Footnotes:(1) Industry code is from the 2007 NAICS (North American Industry Classification System).(2) The length of the work stoppage during the month as measured in weekdays, Monday through Friday, excluding weekends and Federal holidays.(3) The cumulative length of the work stoppage as measured in weekdays, Monday through Friday, excluding weekends and Federal holidays.(4) The BLS rounds figures to the nearest 100. Companies and unions may have rounded the figures before providing BLS the data.(5) Days idle during this month is measured by multiplying the number of lost workdays this month by the number of workers involved in the work stoppage.(6) Cumulative days idle is measured by multiplying the cumulative number of lost workdays by the number of workers involved in the work stoppage.